Thys du Toit
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Thys du Toit matriculated in 1976 with an ‘A’ aggregate from Bonnievale High School in South Africa. He officially started his working career at George Huysamer & Partners (stockbrokers) in 1985 and was admitted as a member to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. He became a partner in 1986, aged 28, and worked as a research analyst and trader in both equities and bonds. Mr du Toit continued as one of the partners until 1990 and before his departure he was in charge of the fixed interest team. In 1990 he relocated to Cape Town and joined Syfrets Managed Assets (SMA) as a portfolio manager, managing a number of retirement funds. In 1993 he and four senior colleagues broke away to form a new fund management business – Coronation Fund Managers (“Coronation”). Mr du Toit was CEO of Coronation for 10 years from April 1997 until November 2007. Coronation, under Mr du Toit’s leadership, grew from a small fund management business to the second largest independent fund manager in South Africa and was listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in June 2003. Mr du Toit serves on the Boards of a number of companies; he is the chairman of KWV Holdings and a non-executive Director of the PSG Group. He also runs an investment management business for family offices and select individuals, Rootstock Investment Management. |
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